Agile

Presentations

5 Behaviours to Become an Effective Staff-Plus Engineer

Congratulations on landing your staff-plus role! The first question that many people ask themselves once they land the role is: what does it really mean? The role can vary even within the same organisation.You want to figure out how to be a staff-plus engineer, let alone being effective. How do...

Blanca Garcia Gil Principal Engineer
A CTO That Still Codes: My Tortuous Path to the Staff-Plus Engineer Role

It takes time to figure out what kind of work you want to do, what you are good at, what makes you jump out of bed every day excited with the challenges ahead. For me, the answer was always to get as close to the code as possible. However, my path to a Staff-Plus engineer, like for many others,...

Fabiane Nardon Data Scientist, Java Champion & CTO @tail_oficia
The Secret Strategy for Landing That Staff Engineer Role

Historically, as engineers/developers became more senior, they hit a decision point — do I become a manager or an architect? Architecture tended to be the standard route for folks that wanted to stay focused on tech.As engineering culture evolved, the adoption of dev ops and the cloud has...

Nicky Wrightson Ventures CTO @blenheimchalcot
How Open-Source Engagement Can Accelerate & Solidify Your Staff+ Career

Your first contribution to an open-source project is an event to be celebrated. However, an isolated contribution won't have that impact on your career. The key to such an impact is to create a long-term engagement in the community.Staff+ engineers usually create their own unique path to the...

Alex Porcelli Sr. Principal Engineer @RedHat
Staff-Plus Engineer Path Panel

In this panel we will bring experienced Staff-Plus Engineers to discuss key topics to help you in your career path:What skills you need to develop if you want to be a successful Staff-Plus EngineerWhat can you expect when you reach Staff-Plus status How companies can support and incentivise...

Blanca Garcia Gil Principal Engineer
Alex Porcelli Sr. Principal Engineer @RedHat
Nicky Wrightson Ventures CTO @blenheimchalcot

Interviews

Blanca Garcia Gil Principal Engineer

5 Behaviours to Become an Effective Staff-Plus Engineer

Blanca, what is your background?

I studied computer science in university, I started as a server developer at a very small company in Madrid. I grew up in Spain. I studied there and had spent some time studying abroad in the US before university. I started working in Spain. And it was very fun because a lot of my ex-colleagues from university were in the same company,...

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Nicky Wrightson Ventures CTO @blenheimchalcot

The Secret Strategy for Landing That Staff Engineer Role

Nicky, can you tell me what the focus of your work is these days?

I have moved away from being a principal engineer into being something called Ventures CTO. I'm working for a venture builder who has over 30 businesses in their portfolio and I provide engineering support across all of those businesses, from CTO level down to engineering, mentorships, a whole slew of stuff with many different...

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